It was McClellan's purpose to put in two brigades on the west side of the railway, and one on the east.

My own brigade camp was assigned to the west side, and nearest to Cincinnati.

The men of the two regiments shouldered their pine boards and carried them up to the line of the company streets, which were close to the hills skirting the valley, and which opened into the parade and drill ground along the railway.
A general plan was given to the company officers by which the huts should be made uniform in size and shape.

The huts of each company faced each other, three or four on each side, making the street between, in which the company assembled before marching to its place on the regimental color line.

At the head of each street were the quarters of the company officers, and those of the "field and staff" still further in rear.